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Food

The Great Pumpkin Problem (Soup Recipe)

Who else started a garden for the first time ever while in quarantine then accidentally grew a 32 pound pumpkin? Just me? Cool.  So here’s the thing: I had visions of having pumpkins to pick as the temperatures started to…

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Wellness

Let’s Get Proud of Ourselves

When I was in middle school, one of the worst insults was to be called “conceited.” If you appeared to like your hair, your jeans, or GOD FORBID, if you celebrated your own talents too proudly, you were deemed…conceited. You…

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5 Helpful Online Learning Tips for Little Students

As tough as this year has been on a family like ours, my heart goes out to those with little kids. Parents can groan about older kids having to learn online, but for the most part my kids are self-sufficient.…

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New School Stations

I’m not an expert in Feng shui, interior design, or even crafting. In fact, we have an entire series of videos of me being terrible at anything DIY. But by the end of the last school year it became obvious…

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Learn

Preparing Our Kids For School

It’s a stressful time for parents no matter what you are doing about school. Our kids are feeling our anxiety and I want to do everything possible to help them with that. So, we brought in an expert on the…

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My Favorite Things for August

It’s August and it’s time to cue Julie Andrews… “These are a few of my favorite things!” This list helps me depuff, stink less, and even helps my brows recover from some poor decisions in the 1990s.  Ice Roller Don’t…

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The Best Grill For You – Sponsored by ACE Hardware

This blog post is sponsored by Ace Hardware. All opinions expressed are our own. So, if you watch our videos, our marriage doesn’t exactly conform with traditional gender stereotypes. Kim knows more about car mechanics. I do most of the…

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Up Your Zoom Game

After stepping away from a life in TV news, my first job was to teach on-camera presentation and public speaking skills to corporate executives. I loved working with individuals and groups to get more comfortable in front of a camera…

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Learn

What I Hope My Kids Learn This School Year

The start of this school year feels so unsteady. On a family trip to the mountains a few years ago, we cautiously shuffled across this mile high suspension bridge. Once we were to the middle of the bridge, huge gusts…

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Food

How I Got My Picky Son to Eat Vegetables

There was a time when my son only ate beige food. We even sang about it years ago. (Also, look how teeny tiny my babies were! Lola is now 5 inches taller than me.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWoumR-jUcQ Our son had massive reflux…

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